H. C. McCutchen, Co. "H". Organized December 10, 1861. Men from
Weakley County. Some men from Faulkner's 12th Kentucky Cavalry were paroled
as part of this company Lafayette Hill, James R. Alexander, Co.
"I". Organized March 15, 1862. Men from Tipton County.

Samuel T. Taylor, Co. "K". Organized March 18, 1862. Men from
Shelby, Tipton and Fayette Counties. Became extinct September, 1862 by
resignation of officers, and transfer of men to other companies.

James A. Taylor, Alex Duckworth, Co. "L". Organized April 15,
1862. Men from Haywood County. "The Western Rangers."

Note: These were the first twelve companies. In
February, 1865, Captain James A. Anderson's 2nd Co. "D" of the 2nd
Mississippi Partisan Rangers Regiment was attached to the regiment as 2nd Co.
"K".

Colonel Duckworth, on a roster of the regiment dated May 28,
1864, at Abbeville, Mississippi gave the following account of the organization
of the regiment: "This regiment was formed about April 1, 1862, of
Logwood's Battalion and six companies acting singly under the supervision of W.
H. Jackson, who claimed to have been made colonel of cavalry by the War
Department, and to be acting under orders from General Beauregard. From the 20th
to the 25th of the following May there were 10 companies reorganized under the
provisions of the original Conscript Act at Trenton, Tennessee, they having
previously been either transferred to or mustered into the Confederate Service.
Subsequently two other newly formed companies ("L" and "M")
were attached to the regiment, and the election of field officers took place on
June 20, 1862.

"Under the administration of Colonel Jackson, this
organization continued until the following fall, when three companies,
"A", "B", "M", were detached for escort to General
Officers, two of which, companies "B" and "M", have since
been returned; Co. "A" still remains detached. In the meantime, Co.
"K", by the resignation of its officers, and assignment of men to
other companies became extinct. Early in the year 1863 Colonel Jackson was
promoted brigadier general, and succeeded by Lieutenant Colonel J. G. Stocks,
and he, by me, then major of the regiment. The following August, Colonel Stocks
resigned, and I was promoted to colonel by General Order from Brigadier General
Chalmers' Headquarters, and was commissioned as such by the War Department to
rank from October 8, 1863. About the 1st of February last, Captain C. C. Clay,
the second ranking captain in my regiment, was examined for promotion to
majority of the regiment. His examination was made by three field officers, was
pronounced very unsatisfactory by the Brigadier General Commanding, and
forwarded for decision to the War Department, but of this nothing has been
heard. In the meantime Captain W. F. Taylor, Co. "A", Brigadier
General Jackson's Escort, was ordered by Major General Lee to report to General
Forrest, and he was assigned to my regiment as lieutenant colonel by General
Forrest's order April 1, 1864, in which capacity he has since been acting. When
Colonel Jackson was promoted he carried away with him all the books and papers
belonging to the command. Hence the uncertainty and probably inaccuracies both
in this, and in the roster, as to dates."

On April 1, 1862, while only partially organized, the
regiment, along with Colonel Pickett's 21st Tennessee Infantry, was attacked at
Union City by Federal forces. It moved to Trenton, to Ripley, back to Trenton,
where on May 1, Major General Polk suggested that Colomnel Jackson be ordered to
destroy Federal stores at Paducah, Kentucky. On May 12, it was ordered to guard
the line from Brownsville to the Forked Deer River, via Ripley, reporting to
General Villepigue. It covered the evacuation of Fort Pillow by forces under
General Villepigue June 3-5, and fell back to Grenada, Mississippi, where it was
under the command of Brigadier General Daniel Ruggles. On June 23, Ruggles
ordered: "Colonel Jackson, in command, with his regiment and other
companies will continue to cover our northern border."

It was commended for "a well planned and soldierly
execution of an expedition within the enemy lines, led by Colonel Jackson, and
resulting in the capture of a Federal colonel and 56 men, and the destruction of
a locomotive and a train of cars near La Fayette Station, on the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad on June 25." In July, it reported 39 officers 581 men
present for duty, 696 present, and 1087 present and absent.

It was next placed in Brigadier General F. C. Armstrong's
Brigade, along with the 1st Mississippi and 1st Missouri Cavalry, and fougbt
engagements at Medon and Britton's Lane on August 31 and September 1. At the
Battle of Corinth, October 3-4, Colonel Jackson commanded a brigade composed of
his own and the 1st Mississippi Cavalry in Major General Mansfield Lovell's
Division.

In January, 1863, Colonel Jackson was in command of a brigade
composed of his own, the 2nd Arkansas Regiment, Willis' Battalion, Wilbourne's
and Faulkner's Regiments, and two companies from the 2nd Missouri Regiment in
the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. On January 18, one company of
Jackson's Regiment, 80 men, was detached to go with Major General Earl Van Dorn,
the remaining nine companies, 250 men, to remain with the Army of Mississippi,
with headquarters at Grenada, Mississippi.

On April 19, Lieutenant General J. C. Pemberton advised
Brigadier General J R. Chalmers: "Stocks' Regiment, all but two companies,
have been ordered to report to you." On May 7, the regiment was in Colonel
R. McCulloch's Brigade at Big Black Bridge, but on the 3Oth, it was placed in
Colonel W. F. Slemon's Brigade composed of the 2nd Arkansas, 7th Tennessee
Regiments, Faulkner's Kentucky Battalion, and two companies of Mississippi
Partisan Rangers. On June 15, four companies were reported with General Chalmers
at Panola, Mississippi. On August 17, it was engaged at Grenada, Mississippi.

On August 20, an inspection report of Chalmers' Command
stated: "The command generally is not in good condition. * * * All the
troops with the exception of the 7th Tennessee are indifferently armed." On
September 10, General Chalmers ordered; "On account of reduced numbers, the
7th Tennessee Cavalry and the 18th Mississippi Partisans Battalion will act
together in case of an engagement." On October 22, the 7th Regiment
reported only 210 effectives.

On November 23, Major General Stephen D. Lee advised General
Chalmers: "Brigadier General Forrest has been assigned to the command in
West Tennessee, to organize such troops as he can. ** * I think it best that
Duckworth's Regiment go with him to recruit, and return when full to your
command." The regiment was with Forrest in his defeat of Major General
William Sooy Smith's forces near Okolona, Mississippi on February 24, and
Barteau's and Duckworth's Regiments were especially commended; in addition,
Forrest wrote: "I desire to testify of my appreciation of the skill and
ability of Colonels McCulloch, Russell and Duckworth as Brigade commanders.
Colonel Duckworth took command of Colonel Jeffrey E. Forrest's brigade when
Colonel Forrest fell on the 22nd."

In March, the regiment accompanied General Forrest in his raid
into West Kentucky, and on March 24 captured at Union City, Tennessee the 7th
Tennessee Cavalry, U.S.A., about 300 horses and a quantity of arms and stores.
It was used for diversionary purposes around Brownsville, Tennessee, with
Duck-worth in command of all troops in that area, when Forrest attacked and
captured Fort Pillow, and was therefore not with him at that place. After the
fall of Fort Pillow, as Forrest was preparing to withdraw from West Tennessee,
he wrote: "I will leave Colonel Duck-worth's Regiment and Lieutenant
Colonel Crews' Battalion (Forrest's Old Regiment) for the purpose of
conscripting the state and holding the guerillas in check."

Through April 30, Colonel Duckworth continued to be reported
as in command of a brigade, but on May 10, the regiment was placed in Colonel
James J. Neely's Brigade, composed of the 7th, 12th, 14th and 15th Tennessee
Cavalry, Higgs' Company of Scouts and Murchison's Provost Guard. On May 14,
Duckworth's and Duff's Regiments were ordered to Grenada, Mississippi; on May
23, Duckworth's Regiment was reported at Oxford, Mississippi.

On May 24, Forrest placed Colonel E. W. Rucker in command of a
brigade composed of the 7th Tennessee and 19th Mississippi Regiments, and the
18th Mississippi Battalion. The regiment suffered 54 casualtie& in the
Battle of Tishomingo Creek, where Forrest defeated Major General S. D. Sturgis
on June 10. On July 14, it was again with Forrest in the Battle of Harrisburg.

On July 18, Rucker's Brigade was dissolved, and the 7th
returned to Neely's Brigade. On August 7, Duckworth and Colonel Kelley
(Forrest's Old Regiment) were ordered to Lick Springs, to blockade the road. On
the 3Oth, Rucker's Brigade was reconstituted with the 7th (Duckworth's), 12th
(Richardson's) and 13th (Neely's), 14th (Stewart's) and 26th Battalion
(Forrest's Old Regiment) as members, and it was known permanently as Rucker's
Brigade, in General Chalmer's Division.

As part of this brigade, the regiment was with Forrest in his
raid into Middle Tennessee, beginning September 24 with the capture of Athens,
Alabama, and concluding October 6, when Forrest recrossed the Tennessee River.
It continued with Forrest when he returned to Tennessee with General Hood, and
took part in the Battle of Franklin in Chalmers' Division.

On December 6, Rucker's Brigade was ordered to the Charlotte
Pike, outside Nashville, to blockade the Cumberland River, which it did
successfully until driven back on December 15, in the Battle of Nashville. The
7th Tennessee was sent down the Hillsboro Pike by General Hood, with orders to
report at Franklin.

Under Chalmers, and later under Forrest, it formed part of the
rear guard for Hood's Army December 18-28, 1864, then withdrew to North
Mississippi with Forrest. On March 1, 1865, it was placed in Brigadier General
A. W. Campbell's Brigade, Brigadier General W. H. Jackson's Division, then at
West Point, Mississippi. It made contact with LaGrange's Brigade, Major General
J. H. Wilson's Corps, U.S.A. near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, March 31, and again on
April 1 at Scottsville, Alabama. These actions occurred during General Wilson's
raid to Selma, Alabama, which resulted in the final surrender of Forrest's
forces at Gainesville, Alabama, May 12, 1865, where the regiment was paroled.